Physicists Honored at Annual DPP, DFD Meetings

(Left to right): John Bollinger (NIST-Boulder); Marshall Rosenbluth (UCSD); Akira Hasegawa (Himeji Dokkyo University and Soliton Communications, Japan); Mark Herrmann (LLNL).

Six physicists were honored for their work in plasma physics and fluid dynamics in November. The 2000 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Award, the Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Plasma Physics Award were presented during the annual fall meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics in Quebec, Canada (see story here). The 2000 Otto LaPorte Award and Fluid Dynamics Prize and were presented during the annual fall meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, held November 19-21 in Washington, DC (highlights to appear in January 2001 APS News).